Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:26 PM 11/10/02 -0800, you wrote: >Not editing is, of course, impossible, as is being "objective", although >"presenting facts objectively" may or may not be the same thing. But, it >would seem to me, both from the excerpts above and from the common sense >understanding of the words, that the defining difference between >"propaganda" and "documentary" is that the latter chooses to downplay or >ignore altoghether those aspects of reality which do not fit comfortably >with the point of view of those reporting. > >M. Martin - Amen. You can try your best to be objective, but when you are there in the mud with families that are malnourished and without health care it is impossible to be objective. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com images available from: http://www.pdiphotos.com http://www.mira.com http://www.agpix.com http://www.newscom.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html